I think we can rest assured that 1 or 2 other people might just be trying it sometime soon...In any case, it doesn't seem to be a matter of improving the potency of "mi****s" ( nigh****chman clas****) but of inadvertantly improving the technique.

I hope some of the Biomechanical guys at the University of Hongkong or Singapore or even WA should put it through a control experiment/Testing process. ...

Then we will all be wiser.

I suspect sooner or later some one like Sanath J or Tharanga may be used to experiment this by the Sri Lankans if the ICC does not rule on this...

Lankan Chairman of Selectors Fires Salvo

Gilchrist ball fury
PA Sport

Adam Gilchrist's use of a squash ball in his glove as a batting aid has been likened to 'taking a steroid' by a leading figure in Sri Lanka cricket. Australia batsman Gilchrist admitted after the 53-run victory over the Sri Lankans in the World Cup final that he used a squash ball to give him a better grip.

Asantha de Mel, the Sri Lanka chairman of selectors, said: "We must find out whether it enhanced his performance and Gilchrist has admitted that it did." "He has admitted that it gave more power for his shots, which means that it enhanced his performance. It's like an athlete taking a steroid. Therefore it's unethical." "Cricket laws don't allow you to have additional equipment.""The ICC should look into the matter and make sure that it doesn't happen in the future."

Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Kangadaran Mathivanan is preparing to raise the issue at next month's International Cricket Council annual general meeting.

"The Australians are famous for these things," De Mel said. "They bowled underarm and it was banned. Then Dennis Lillie tried to use an aluminium bat and it was banned too. More recently Ricky Ponting's graphite bat was banned as well."

Hear hear. Gilchrist added something to his equipment that had never been used before and had never had any clearance from any governing body...ban him. This is quite outrageous...I would go as far as saying that because his teammates and management knew and approved this they should all be banned from cricket for 10 years...no doubt in my mind.